Former First Lady Barbara Bush Released From Hospital

Former first lady Barbara
Bush listens to a patient's question during a visit to the
Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center in
Portland, Maine, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. Bush read a children's
book and introduced the patients to her dog during the visit. (AP
Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP

"I cannot thank the doctors and nurses at Houston Methodist enough for making sure I got
the best treatment and got back to George and our dogs as quickly
as possible," Mrs. Bush said in a statement.

The 88-year-old wife of former President George H.W. Bush, was admitted to the
hospital on Monday, after returning home from a family vacation
in Florida, where she had felt "under
the weather," said family spokesmanJim
McGrath. Her pneumonia never progressed beyond the early
stages, he said.

Barbara and
George Bush spend most
of the year in Houston, but in the
summer months they live at their oceanside house
in Kennebunkport, Maine, McGrath said.

BarbaraBush, who is known to the
American public for her no-nonsense attitude, left
the White House in January 1993 at
the end of her husband's term and went on to write "BarbaraBush: A Memoir" and pursue her
interest in promoting literacy.

The former first lady is also the mother of George W. Bush, the 43rd U.S. president.